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Emmy108

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Capitulation to the current regime is cowardice. The Smithsonian Institution is the most egregious cowardice of all, as it has literally embodied our national history. Not so much anymore. I'm in tears.

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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 5h
Of all the terrible decisions that this SC has made—Slaughter/immunity/Callais— this one to allow third-country deportations for now (and I imagine permanently) is the worst. Those damage institutions. This one humans. Cruelty is the point. @theunpopulist.net open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
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The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes
Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience
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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 5h
It started with a question: If it was so easy to start a private school in some states — and even access public money — could we as @propublica reporters do it? Find out what @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social, @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and I learned: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Emmy108 @emily108.bsky.social · 13h
"...psychological disfigurement..." Wow.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"We're everywhere for many years." That oughta settle down the whiners.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
TRUMP: Did you see the story about my uncle? TIME: The one who taught at MIT? TRUMP: I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest.
Do you trust Sam Altman?

I like him. Do I trust him? Who do I trust? I like Sam Altman. Smart. Dario's smart. They're all smart. We're dealing with a very high level of IQ. Very very high level. That's a good thing. I like that. I like it. Did you see the story about my uncle?

The one who taught at MIT?

I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. I'm fine, and I understand that stuff. You know, my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I'm a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand. I understand it much more than I think any president would, because I do have an ability on this. I have an ability on those things that were the new frontiers. 

What I've done is I've created, for instance, these massive plants have no—We have no electricity in our grid. These massive plants now are allowed to make their own electric—
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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The cryosphere is in trouble due to climate change, and it's accelerating loss. "Glaciologists in the Alps considered 2% of ice lost in a single year to be 'extreme'. This year has seen an estimated 5.5% disappear."
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Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Of course the primary reason why CNN and MS NOW are running the illegal taxpayer-funded Trump campaign ads is because they are afraid of the Trump Admin coming after them if they refuse. The path of least resistance is compliance caused by fear and intimidation.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Khaled al-Assad, the Syrian archaeologist who gave his life to protect the ancient city of Palmyra from destruction by ISIS militants. Under torture and pain of death, he refused to reveal the location of priceless artifacts he’d hidden away. Original post
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Dan Rather be building @danrather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Grim Reaper of American Democracy looks down from his tower at the destruction wrought in his wake and says "heyheyheyyy c'maahn I'm a little guy, I'm just a little guyy, noo, it's also my birthday, I'm a little birthday boyy"
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Daniel Stone of Diffusion.Au examines the OpenAI agent incident in Australia: "84 days, almost three months, from the first access to the warning being raised." He calls for enforceable rules, prompt notice, access to logs and a way to recover costs.
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When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup
OpenAI tasked its agent with answering a question about public spending. It has left us with a much bigger question about public power, writes Daniel Stone.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is great news. Sunny California is legalising plug-in solar (like GB has). There were some fears Gov Gavin Newsom would veto the bipartisan law. The state has 39m+ residents and is one of the largest economies in the world. Another loss for Trump and his fossil fuel pals.
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California Officially Legalizes Balcony Solar, Opening the Market to the New Technology | KQED
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to make it simpler for Californians to install plug-in solar panels. Models that meet state standards are expected to be on sale in mid-2027.
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Emmy108 @emily108.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We could all use more Bach in our lives.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mystery Flock cameras discovered in Florida community: "Meanwhile, some residents in St. Lucie County have been dismayed to learn an unknown entity might have been watching them." wapo.st/4ACHFOZ
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Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here was the night I've experienced that was most like tonight. It was just over a dozen years ago, when Arizona took two hours to kill Joseph Wood. Here was my and Tasneem's report as that story was breaking:
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Arizona Attorney General’s Office Pushes Back, Says Inmate “DID NOT Gasp For Air” During Execution
“I counted about 660 times he gasped,” a reporter who witnessed the execution of Joseph Wood had said. AG’s office tells BuzzFeed it’s “[j]ust reporters and defense attorneys” saying there was gasping...
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
U.S. forces formally withdrew from Iraq today, ending a two-decade military presence that stoked years of devastating bloodshed, and leaving Iraq to an uncertain future www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Capt. Smit Machchhar from India suffered stab wounds while fending off an attack from his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, saving the lives of around 170 people on board.
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Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Hailed as a Hero After FlyDubai Cockpit Stabbing?
Capt. Smit Machchhar from India suffered stab wounds while fending off an attack from his co-pilot, saving the lives of around 170 people on board, officials said.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike, a Tennessee woman who was set to be executed on Wednesday, was still alive after two syringes of lethal drugs had been administered, her lawyers said. They said that while two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered, Pike still had a heartbeat and was audibly snoring.
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike, who was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995, was set to be executed by lethal injection. Officials had gone ahead with the execution after a temporary court-ordered pause.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?"
Have you spent time trying to write or revise with AI? Is there an experiment that would be interesting enough to try?

I have not. Not for a second. To me, this whole idea of using AI to write is . . . anathema. A thing to be most radically avoided.

Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that? Not even in an email and certainly not in a short story or novel.Who are we ceding our authority to, exactly, when we let AI write for us? And why? Why surrender our agency (that amazing ability we have to reach across time and space, with our strange, idiosyncratic phenomenon, and land within the sensibility of another human being) to something that, by its very design, pushes the individual sensibility aside? And in the name of . . . what, exactly? Ease, I guess? Efficiency? The person who chooses to write with AI has also sacrificed, from the start, the opportunity of experiencing difficulty, of struggling to say what he wants to say, of making himself evident in his prose, of trying to find out what he believes. By this, he sacrifices a chance to know himself and his mind better. To me, that’s a shame. And it’s dangerous, because, as we are now finding out, it affects the brain and lessens our capabilities. Thanks, but no thanks, get thee behind me, etc.
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michaelapotter.bsky.social @michaelapotter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The people look pretty fresh for having just walked 2,000 miles. How much are Fox and the republicans paying them?
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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CNN @cnn.com · 30/09/2026
Nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals used to wrap food and make clothes, toys, and other common household and personal care products pose a high risk to human health, according to a new investigation provided exclusively to CNN. cnn.it/46TldUc
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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nac2024.bsky.social @nac2024.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But Smith replied that Lindsey Graham was not a target of his investigation and was not suspected of wrongdoing — in fact, he considered Darline Graham’s brother “a patriotic public servant” who likely would have been a “witness” in his case against Trump for attempted election subversion.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I bet two of them vote anyway. Dear Leader told them to "cheat like hell." The pardons are in the mail.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 30/09/2026
This might be my all-time record for the amount of times I've re-watched an Aaron Rupar clip. I think I've given this at least 10 views now.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Dick Taylor @dicktaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others,” he wrote, referencing “the vilification of the career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff who served on my team.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Jack Smith stresses strength of Trump cases, says he will not be ‘silenced’ by threats
Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Both parents feed & protect the chicks. “One of my all time favorite loon clips. This was the first time that I got 2 chicks on the parent’s back at the same time several years ago.” Canon R5 and 100-500mm lens IG: @harrycollinsphotography www.instagram.com/harrycollins...
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
texans, you are going to see this clip once a week and twice on sundays until the election
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MS NOW @ms.now · 29/09/2026
NOW: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies to the Senate about his investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election and storage of classified documents. WATCH LIVE HERE: youtube.com/live/H69_OqF... READ MORE: www.ms.now/liveblog/jac...
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LIVE: Jack Smith testifies before Senate committee
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At least 6 babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Mamdani in response to Kimmel asking him to send Trump a selfie of the two of them: "I love you, but I love housing more"
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love it!! 🤣😂🤣
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Mamdani: "To have a potential governor who embraces ICE and has gone so far as to create effectively a private militia in Nassau County, that is in many ways the antithesis of what people hope for is the future of the state, and yet that is exactly what Blakeman is offering."
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026
Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 197 Active Voting Rights Cases: 160 Active Redistricting Cases:  37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 78 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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